Category: Economic and Community Development
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Posted on June 22, 2017
Feucht inducted in Wisconsin Army National Guard Hall of Honor for agricultural work in Afghanistan
During a three-decade career in the United States military, Colonel Darrel D. “AJ” Feucht has led missions in far-flung places like Nicaragua, Japan and Afghanistan. […]
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Posted on June 20, 2017
Mike Peters named director of UW-Madison Ag Research Station network
Mike Peters has been named director of the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Agricultural Research Station (ARS) network, the university’s system of 11 research stations located throughout […]
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Posted on June 16, 2017
Into the wild: Exploring yeast biodiversity for better biofuel
In the world of biofuels research, the baker’s yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae gets a lot of love, with scientists commonly tweaking the yeast’s fermentative qualities to […]
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Master Gardener Volunteers, learning about plants and making a difference – Audio
/RSS FeedMike Maddox, Director of Wisconsin Master Gardener Program UW-Extension mike.maddox@ces.uwex.edu 608-265-4536 3:01 – Total time 0:16 – Master Gardener Volunteer Program 0:44 – Program’s connection […]
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Posted on June 14, 2017
Summer 2017 organic grain field day series
Faced with another year of relatively low commodity prices, more farmers may be open to trying something new: transitioning to organic production. To help farmers learn […]
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Posted on June 13, 2017
Like valium for fish? UW-Madison discovery aims to solve stress in fish farms
A University of Wisconsin–Madison group that discovered a way to improve survival in fish farms has begun to unravel the mechanism behind their unexpected finding. […]
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Posted on June 2, 2017
UW expertise a secret ingredient at Kerry’s R&D center in Beloit
An Irish-based food company with a North American headquarters in Beloit highlights the key role of food science in the Wisconsin economy, and the broad […]
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Vincent High School of Agricultural Sciences shows off at special events
Pigs, plants and ponies were only some of the things students showed off at Vincent High School’s Agricultural Showcase in Milwaukee in late May. The […]
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50 years of rotation – Audio
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Arin Crooks, Superintendent Lancaster Agricultural Research Station UW-Madison, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences arin.crooks@wisc.edu 608-723-2580 3:09 – Total Time 0:20 – The study 0:46 […]
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Bacteria may supercharge the future of wastewater treatment
Wastewater treatment plants have a PR problem: People don’t like to think about what happens to the waste they flush down their toilets. But for […]
